ashram

\a.ʃʁam\

/\a.ʃʁam\/ noun

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The verdict

“ashram” is uncommon French (frequency #69,596 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,596
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ermitage où les gourous et autres mahatmas vivent loin de l’agitation du monde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ashram · ashram · French

ashram · rank #69,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,596
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrimer

Nearest frequency peer: arrimer (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ashram »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ashram » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ashram
PropertyValue
Headwordashram
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʃʁam\
Letters6
Frequency rank#69,596
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ashram » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ashramtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « arrimer » (#69,595), « associera » (#69,597), « array » (#69,594). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ashram » est au #69,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ashram is uncommon French at frequency #69,596 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʃʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ashram, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ashram, spelled A-S-H-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ermitage où les gourous et autres mahatmas vivent loin de l’agitation du monde.
  2. 2
    Communauté de chercheurs spirituels autour d'une autorité spirituelle (principalement dans la tradition indienne ou hindoue).
  3. 3
    Dernière phase de la vie selon la tradition védique ; après avoir accompli ses charges familiales, l'homme ou la femme se consacre à la recherche spirituelle (paix intérieure et sagesse), généralement en se retirant du monde, mais aussi en joignant une communauté spirituelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ashram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bhagwan devait être dans son ashram, en plein jeûne, en prévision du kartik purnima qui devait se dérouler le lendemain.
  2. L’ashram de Sabarmati à Ahmedabad a servi de quartier général au Mahatma Gandhi durant la lutte pour l’indépendance.

This word in other languages

ashram(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ashram"?
"ashram" is spelled A-S-H-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃʁam\.
What does "ashram" mean?
As a noun, "ashram" means: Ermitage où les gourous et autres mahatmas vivent loin de l’agitation du monde.
How do you pronounce "ashram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ashram" is \a.ʃʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ashram" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ashram", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

azotés#69,606bagnes#69,609amador#69,579Bazire#69,614

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list